FC Augsburg 0-3 Borussia Dortmund: Sebastien Haller double moves BVB to brink of Bundesliga title glory

Borussia Dortmund took a huge leap towards their first Bundesliga title since 2012 after defeating FC Augsburg 3-0 at the WWK Arena to move two points clear at the top of the league table. After Bayern Munich lost 3-1 on Saturday to RB Leipzig at the Allianz Arena, BVB knew before a ball was kicked that a win would put them two points clear of their rivals in the title race with just one matchday remaining.

Ad The fixture was also important for the home side, as they came into it just three points clear of the relegation play-off place. TransfersMan Utd eye competition for De Gea, Arsenal enter £90m Rice talks — Paper Round15/05/2023 AT 22:21 Despite Dortmund struggling against Augsburg at this venue in previous seasons, the away side played the first half with purpose, and created many chances to take the lead.

With 38 minutes on the clock, however, everything changed as Augsburg centre-back Felix Uduokhai was shown a straight red card for taking down Donyell Malen whilst the forward was in a clear goalscoring opportunity. After hitting the woodwork on two separate occasions, BVB finally got the lead they craved in the 58th minute, as Sebastien Haller lashed home a low strike into the far corner past Tomas Koubek.

With six minutes to play Dortmund had another big opening as Malen advanced in on goal, but his close-range effort could only be parried by Koubek. Luckily for BVB, Haller was there to pounce on the rebound and slotted the ball home to double his side’s advantage and seal an important victory.

Julian Brandt put icing on the cake with a third in injury time. A win next week for Dortmund in their final game of the season at home against Mainz would see the team regain the Meisterschale for the first time in 11